Repeat
What do we know about this? Mary and Martha are reported to have said the exact same thing upon meeting Jesus after the death of their brother. Martha adds an addendum about know even now Jesus can do anything. We could make a great deal of that addendum; make Martha into the virtuous sister, the faith filled sister, the bold sister. We know nothing but what the Spirit tells us beyond the words. We don’t see their faces, her hands. We don’t here the lilt in their voices. We miss all the important bits that make communication between us work; especially when we talk to friends and loved ones. All we know for certain is that two people suffering the loss of their loved one addressed Jesus initially with the same thought: the presence of Jesus would have stopped Lazarus from dying. And that in itself is a remarkable bit of information. They were both so convinced of Jesus’s love and power that they were confident he would have acted in their favor with all his power. Are we sure of this? What could happen to shake our confidence in this? That thing happened to these two women. It is a terrible thing to happen to anyone but if we are to see the full extent of Jesus’s love and power, we must pass through this moment ourselves.
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